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Post by floridagrl on Mar 30, 2015 10:01:59 GMT -5
Taylor Swift, Madonna, Justin Timberlake Own the 2015 iHeartRadio AwardsBy Cathy Applefeld Olson | March 30, 2015 3:11 AM EDTIn a night that belonged to Taylor Swift, she hit her highest note at Sunday's iHeartRadio Awards alongside new BFF Madonna. Swift made a surprise appearance to provide guitar accompaniment for Madonna's performance of "Ghosttown," the new single from Rebel Heart and the awards show's best performance. The alluring, post-apocalyptic song could well shape up to be a hit for Madonna, and she and Swift shared the stage with the ease of kindred spirits. Later in the night, Madonna presented Swift with the song of the year award for "Shake It Off," and Swift thanked "Madonna for being Madonna." Watch Madonna Sing 'Ghosttown' With Taylor Swift at iHeartRadio Awards 2015 www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6516874/iheartradio-awards-winners-list
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Post by Active Aggressive on Mar 30, 2015 12:52:32 GMT -5
M's voice is so unique. Nowadays I can't tell the difference between a Katy or a Kelly, everything is sung in that same (mono) tone. True definition of stan. I haven't gotten around to watching her performance but I'll check it out. I was listening to Ghosttown yesterday and reminded of how annoying and unnecessary that Auto-Tune effect on her voice in the verses is. Not sure why they thought that was a good idea.
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Post by HailTheConquerer on Mar 30, 2015 13:43:07 GMT -5
Her voice was so on point!!!..She is truly a Goddess!!!
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Post by HoldTight on Mar 30, 2015 13:50:08 GMT -5
M's voice is so unique. Nowadays I can't tell the difference between a Katy or a Kelly, everything is sung in that same (mono) tone. True definition of stan. I haven't gotten around to watching her performance but I'll check it out. I was listening to Ghosttown yesterday and reminded of how annoying and unnecessary that Auto-Tune effect on her voice in the verses is. Not sure why they thought that was a good idea. Luckily it's only on a few of the words each verse.
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Post by HailTheConquerer on Mar 30, 2015 13:51:31 GMT -5
She's still has Fallon, Letterman and possibly SNL too promote...something tells me Jimmy Fallon next.
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Post by Leigh on Mar 30, 2015 14:13:27 GMT -5
Nice performance - I enjoyed it! She looked great too. Shame it didn't give the song even more of a push than it did, but it was good exposure and people seem to be rating the performance online from what I have seen.
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Post by divasummer on Mar 30, 2015 14:34:45 GMT -5
Have there been rumors about SNL yet? I'm surprised she hasn't been announced as a guest yet.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2015 16:31:57 GMT -5
As opposed as I was to a TS collaboration, this acoustic version was a great reinvention of Ghosttown. It was almost country, like I could imagine Reba singing something like this (love Reba, by the way; what a voice!). Anyway, it was cool to have the 2 prettiest women in the music industry on stage together ( 1 goddess, 1 girl next door ). time.com/3763290/madonna-taylor-swift-iheartradio-ghost-town/Madonna and Taylor Swift’s Joint Performance Was the Best Sort of Collaboration Daniel D’Addario @dpd_11:15 AM ET At the iHeartRadio Music Awards, the two superstars teamed up to thrilling effect Last night, Madonna acted out one of her best-known recent tricks: Enlisting a younger performer to grant her music some extra currency. In a televised performance of her new single “Ghosttown,” the performer was supported by Taylor Swift on guitar. It was the most memorable moment from the iHeartRadio Music Awards (whatever those may be) and of Madonna’s recent promotional campaign for her new album. Though the star is often criticized for her work with younger artists, her performance with Swift was, in fact, the very best sort of collaboration. Madonna’s past few years have seen her, probably more often than is flattering, team up with stars of more recent vintage; her 2012 Super Bowl halftime show was ceded in large part to flavor-of-the-minute band LMFAO and bird-flipping scene-stealer M.I.A., while her appearance on Miley Cyrus’s MTV Unplugged taping felt undercooked. And some of Madonna’s earnest attempts to explore what’s hip out there, from her EDM-inflected 2012 albumMDNA to her asking Miley Cyrus to introduce her at the Grammys as “our b—,” have seemed embarrassingly out-of-touch. But criticisms of Madonna for working with younger artists tend to skip over the particulars of the collaborations right to broad-brush condemnation of a woman over 40 trying to stay contemporary. It’s been that way since Madonna’s performance with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera at the 2003 Video Music Awards, a brilliant piece of stagecraft that effectively anointed Spears and Aguilera as Madonna’s successors. A musical generation later, Madonna chose the perfect collaborator for a country-tinged pop anthem about heartbreak. And Swift, lost in the music, seemed legitimately excited to be onstage with Madonna: Why shouldn’t she be? Madonna’s ability to reinvent her sound and her image has provided precedent for any number of pop stars, including one who recent switched genres entirely. Perhaps the issue, among those who critique Madonna’s work with a younger cohort, is one of framing. Madonna is subjected to all the same criticisms as a pop star under 30, “desperation” and a perpetually oscillating level of “relevance” chief among them. When Paul McCartney, by contrast, performs with stars like Rihanna and Kanye West, it’s not a sign of his desperation to stay hip, because he’s a legacy artist perceived as earnestly interested in what’s out there these days. Where’s the same generosity of spirit when it comes to Madonna? When her album Rebel Heartmissed the number-one spot on the Billboard charts (and her heavily promoted first single, “Living for Love,” missed the charts entirely), the schadenfreude was thick in the air, despite the fact that it’s no one’s baseline expectation that a new album by McCartney, or Prince, or Mick Jagger, would automatically become a hit. Madonna’s fame, though, has always been tied to a snooty assumption that her music is more popular than good, and thus it only matters if it’s popular. But maybe it’s time to give her her due as an artist, not just a hit machine. Madonna has entered a phase of her career where statistics don’t necessarily matter, but where cementing her legacy absolutely does. Rebel Heart exists not to become a top-selling album but to prove she has a place in today’s pop-music ecosystem; not every one of its, or Madonna’s, attempts to prove contemporary savvy come across perfectly, but in general, the fact that we’re paying attention at all proves a point. Given Swift’s obvious willingness to perform with Madonna, and the degree to which their collaboration worked, the point seems made.
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Post by seaguy27 on Mar 30, 2015 17:37:07 GMT -5
M's voice is so unique. Nowadays I can't tell the difference between a Katy or a Kelly, everything is sung in that same (mono) tone. True definition of stan. I haven't gotten around to watching her performance but I'll check it out. I was listening to Ghosttown yesterday and reminded of how annoying and unnecessary that Auto-Tune effect on her voice in the verses is. Not sure why they thought that was a good idea. I happen to agree…but I'm sure my opinion does not count because I'm a stan and incapable of being objective.
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Post by floridagrl on Mar 30, 2015 17:54:57 GMT -5
At the launch of Tidal Love this picture!
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Mar 30, 2015 17:57:13 GMT -5
hmm...lol. Beyonce looks wasted. I love this new wig madonna's been wearing, it gives her youth. Tidal is a bunch of crap.
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Post by floridagrl on Mar 30, 2015 18:01:22 GMT -5
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Post by HoldTight on Mar 30, 2015 18:02:42 GMT -5
hmm...lol. Beyonce looks wasted. I love this new wig madonna's been wearing, it gives her youth. Tidal is a bunch of crap. Wig?
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Post by seaguy27 on Mar 30, 2015 18:06:06 GMT -5
I think its extensions right?
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Post by HoldTight on Mar 30, 2015 18:15:54 GMT -5
Yes. You can literally see her part, roots and scalp lol.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Mar 30, 2015 18:19:34 GMT -5
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Post by floridagrl on Mar 30, 2015 18:22:11 GMT -5
What is cover teas?
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Post by Active Aggressive on Mar 30, 2015 18:31:46 GMT -5
floridagrl, you never let me know if you got the song I sent you via PM. Meanwhile, this album is still giving me life. Played it all the way through while cleaning my kitchen. S.E.X. is SOOO hot. I ignore the random things she lists but they do make me laugh but whatever. The beat definitely makes me want to have sex. Even Wash All Over Me and Heartbreak City have grown on me (though I always thought she sounded really good on the latter.)
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Post by floridagrl on Mar 30, 2015 18:31:49 GMT -5
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Post by floridagrl on Mar 30, 2015 18:32:56 GMT -5
floridagrl, you never let me know if you got the song I sent you via PM. I replied to you. Yes, I did get it. Thank you so much. Appreciate it.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Mar 30, 2015 18:38:43 GMT -5
floridagrl, you never let me know if you got the song I sent you via PM. I replied to you. Yes, I did get it. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. GRRRRL check your outbox LOL. But, cool, glad you got it! OK, Madonna looks legit HOT with that hair.
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Post by floridagrl on Mar 30, 2015 18:43:07 GMT -5
She sure does. I am loving those extensions. EPIC Era!!
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Post by Carlitoz on Mar 30, 2015 18:51:56 GMT -5
Awesome pic, floridagrl, with B, Rihanna and Alicia! You bringing always all the goodies :) So when do you surprise us with the next magazine cover??? Btw, I got my ticket to her show!! I can't wait!!!! Hey, since when are you a fan?? I am since 1985 thanks to the Dress You Up live video.
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Post by floridagrl on Mar 30, 2015 18:58:05 GMT -5
Awesome pic, floridagrl, with B, Rihanna and Alicia! You bringing always all the goodies :) So when do you surprise us with the next magazine cover??? Btw, I got my ticket to her show!! I can't wait!!!! Hey, since when are you a fan?? I am since 1985 thanks to the Dress You Up live video. I'll do my best to bring us the next magazine cover. I want to go to the Atlantic City show. My husband doesn't want me to go because I went to the last three. I have been a fan my whole life (I'm 32). My mom raised me on her. She's a Madonna loon. My mom and I drive my Dad and my husband crazy sometimes. :) So happy you got your ticket. Have an awesome time!
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Post by August on Mar 30, 2015 19:39:30 GMT -5
hehe I have been a fan since 1983, when I was in 7th grade :)
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Mar 30, 2015 20:09:25 GMT -5
My first love with Madonna was really with Ray of Light that led me to experiment with her earlier albums. I was an Evita loon. I saw the movie 5 times when it it was released and 2 of those times by myself. I quess that's when I became infatuated and facinated with her presence. I thought she was just like Ava Peron. I loved AL and felt sad that it was underrated and considered a failure in those days. My first concert was Drowned World Tour. A tour that wasn't a hits type show but it was like going to an amazing Broadway play. I couldn't keep my eyes off her. I saw a vulnerable and strong woman with a drive of fire. Now it all comes full circle with Rebel Heart, her swan album even though I know she has so much more to offer in the coming years.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Mar 30, 2015 20:34:01 GMT -5
Madonna sales updates in the USA from Billboard: www.billboard.com/articles/business/6516951/tidal-backers-twitter-followers?utm_source=twitterU.S. Album SalesAlicia Keys – 18.4M Arcade Fire – 2.6M Beyonce – 15.8M Calvin Harris – 0.3M Coldplay – 18.3M Daft Punk – 3.3M Deadmau5 – 1.1M Jack White – 0.9M Jason Aldean – 10.1M Kanye West – 14.6M Madonna – 53.2M* (SoundScan era = 28.2M // RIAA certs through May 1991 = 25M)Nicki Minaj – 3.4M Jay Z –35.6M Rihanna – 10.3M Usher – 23.8M J Cole – 1.6M TOTAL: 213.3M U.S. Digital Song SalesAlicia Keys – 21.9M Arcade Fire – 3M Beyonce – 46.2M Calvin Harris – 11.4M Coldplay – 33.8M Daft Punk – 9.9M Deadmau5 – 5M Jack White – 1.3M Jason Aldean – 32.3M Kanye West – 45M Madonna – 18.5MNicki Minaj – 29.8M Jay Z – 49.2M Rihanna – 75.9M Usher – 38.2M J Cole – 7.3M TOTAL: 428.7M
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Post by HailTheConquerer on Mar 30, 2015 22:11:40 GMT -5
So does that mean her sales have been updated from the 63.5 million U.S sales???...cause she has too be closer too 70M by now.
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Post by HailTheConquerer on Mar 30, 2015 22:18:52 GMT -5
At the launch of Tidal Love this picture! Now that's POWER!!!
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Post by HailTheConquerer on Mar 30, 2015 22:24:53 GMT -5
Awesome pic, floridagrl, with B, Rihanna and Alicia! You bringing always all the goodies :) So when do you surprise us with the next magazine cover??? Btw, I got my ticket to her show!! I can't wait!!!! Hey, since when are you a fan?? I am since 1985 thanks to the Dress You Up live video. Funny you say that, it was her doing Gambler live that did it for me,,the way she wildly performed that song drove me crazy!
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